Flash recovery boot block jumper
Attention: If an interruption occurs during a Flash/BIOS upgrade, the BIOS might be left in an unusable state. The Boot Block jumper enables you to restart the system and recover the BIOS.
To perform a Flash/BIOS recovery using the recovery jumper, use the following procedure.
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2.Move the system board recovery jumper to the clear position. Refer to “A20 system board layout (Type 6269)” on page 146, “A40/A40P system board layout
(Types 6058/6059/6578/6579)” on page 148, or to the label inside the computer for more information.
3.Insert the upgrade diskette into the diskette drive.
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5.When the Flash Update Utility appears, select the country/keyboard, then press Enter.
6.If the computer serial number was previously recorded, the number is displayed with an option to update it. Press Y to update the serial number.
7.Type the
8.Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the flash (BIOS/VPD) update procedure.
9.When you are instructed to reboot the computer,
Power management
Power management reduces the power consumption of certain components of the computer such as the system power supply, processor, hard disk drives, and some monitors. Advanced Power Management and Rapid Resume Manager are features of some personal computers.
Automatic configuration and power interface (ACPI) BIOS
Being an ACPI BIOS system, the operating system is allowed to control the power management features of the computer and the setting for Advanced Power Management (APM) BIOS mode are ignored. Not all operating systems support ACPI BIOS mode.
